03450nam 2200613Ia 450 991078224320332120230617005135.01-281-80238-797866118023870-8264-3868-7(CKB)1000000000542189(EBL)436035(OCoLC)276348957(SSID)ssj0000113772(PQKBManifestationID)11140593(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113772(PQKBWorkID)10099321(PQKB)11576604(MiAaPQ)EBC436035(Au-PeEL)EBL436035(CaPaEBR)ebr10250725(CaONFJC)MIL180238(OCoLC)893333790(EXLCZ)99100000000054218920030403d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Book of Esther in modern research[electronic resource] /edited by Sidnie White Crawford & Leonard J. GreenspoonLondon ;New York T & T Clark Internationalc20031 online resource (280 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;380Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-0305-8 0-8264-6663-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-257) and indexes.Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; 'It Takes a Village' to Produce a Commentary: A Case in Point; The Book of Esther: Writing a Commentary for a Jewish Audience; Esther and the Future of Commentary; Esther in Text- and Literary-Critical Paradise; Three Esthers; Esther and Judith: Contrasts in Character; Esther's Volkcentrism and the Reframing of Post-Exilic Judaism; Double Take: Another Look at the Second Gathering of Virgins of Esther 2.19a; Kosher Adultery? The Mordecai-Esther-Ahasuerus Triangle in Talmudic, Medieval and Sixteenth-Century ExegesisImages and the Book of Esther: From Manuscript Illumination to MidrashThe Ecumenical Esther: Queen and Saint in Three Western Belief Systems; Reading a Text Backwards: The Book of Esther and Nineteenth Century Jewish American Interpretations; From Maidens and Chamberlains to Harems and Hot Tubs: Five Hundred Years of Esther in English; Cumulative Bibliography; Index of References; Index of AuthorsThe proceedings of a symposium entitled Esther 2000 held in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska in April 2000, the book contains a collection of essays that engages all aspects of the biblical book of Esther. From questions of textual criticism to the history of rabbinic interpretation to speculation on the modern form of commentary, this collection is sure to contain something for everyone interested in the book of Esther. Contributors include such well-known Esther scholars as Michael Fox, David Clines, and Carey Moore.Journal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;380.Bible storiesEstherBible storiesEsther.222/.906Crawford Sidnie White1519390Greenspoon Leonard J(Leonard Jay)895122MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782243203321The Book of Esther in modern research3757469UNINA